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Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae) Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 57 (2), 147-149, 2005. NEW RECORDS OF HETEROPTERA FROM SERBIA (INSECTA: HETEROPTERA: TINGIDAE) LJILJANA PROTIĆ Natural History Museum, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Abstract - The Serbian fauna of Heteroptera is increased by four new species from the family Tingidae. These species are: Catoplatus fabricii (Stål), Copium teucrii teucrii (Host), Derephysia cristata (Panzer), and Dictyla convergens (Her- rich-Schaeffer). The paper also includes a summary of literature data on the heteropteran biology and distribution. Key words: Distribution, zoogeography, ecology, Heteroptera, Tingidae, Serbia UDC 595.754(497.11) INTRODUCTION Mount Avala is under deciduous and coniferous forests and includes areas under mostly deciduous submediter- The family Tingidae is represented in Serbia with 50 ranean forests. A part of its forested territory under influ- species. The species from this family in Serbia have so ence of humans has been transformed into cultivated far been mostly mentioned only in faunistic papers fields (agrocenoses) or ruderal ground, where a sponta- (Horváth, 1903; Protić, 1993/94, 1998, 2004, neous herbaceous flora has developed. 2004a). Two species distributed in Serbia are of econom- ic importance: Corythuca ciliata (Say) and Stephanitis Mt. Divčibare, 900 m [DP28]. The Divčibare Plateau pyri (Fabricius), and special research has been devoted to is a constituent part of Mt. Maljen, which is about 100 km them (Bogavac, 1964; Balarin et al. 1979; Tomić SW of Belgrade. It is characterized by mesophilous and Mihajlović, 1974). The collection of the Natural meadows. History Museum includes 35 species. Four of them are new for the Serbian Heteroptera fauna: Catoplatus The gorge Jelašnička Klisura [EN98] is situated 15 fabricii (Stål), Copium teucrii teucrii (Host), Derephysia km E of Niš at 250-600 m alt. The Studenica River flows cristata (Panzer), and Dictyla convergens (Herrich-Scha- into this gorge, and in its lower part down to its joining effer). the Nišava River is called the Jelašnička River. There are some characteristic elements of Mediterranean mountain- LIST OF SITES ous rocky ground, submediterranean Balkan forests, and shiblyaks (tall shrubs) on rocky ground. New Tingidae were collected at the following seven sites in Serbia. [The marks in square brackets indicate Slankamen: The Koševac [DQ49] loess plateau is UTM codes]: situated in SE Srem in the eastern foothills of Mt. Fruška Gora on the right bank of the Danube at an elevation of Mt. Beljanica, 1300 m [EP58], 160 km SE of Bel- 80 m a.s.l. Slankamen is 55 km from Belgrade. grade on the road to Bor. The central plateau is mostly bare, while the slopes are covered by beech and oak Mt. Tara: Šljivovica is at 1000 m alt [CP75] and lies forests. within the Tara National Park in the extreme western part of Serbia. This area is situated between 43° 52' and 44° Belgrade: Mt. Avala [DQ64], 17 km SE of Belgrade 02' N and 19° 15' and 19° 38' E. The highest peak is at on the road to Kragujevac. The highest point is 511 m. 1544 m. A mixed forest association of fir, spruce, and 147 PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com 148 LJILJANA PROTIĆ beech is dominant. represent additional data on the vertical distribution of this species. This is a European species. It is mostly Lake Vlasina [FN02] is situated in SE Serbia and distributed in Northern and Central Europe. Péricart represents a natural boundary with Bulgaria. It is 320 km (1983) cites Spain, Italy, and Bulgaria as individual from Belgrade. The mountains Čemernik and Strešer points in the distribution of C. fabricii. Serbia is outside with deciduous forests and mountain meadows surround the normal range boundaries of this species and repre- the lake. The vicinity of the lake is characterized by sents the southernmost limit of its distribution. In mountain pastures with remains of European steppes and the region of former Yugoslavia, it was collected at sev- peatbogs on the banks. eral localities in Slovenia and two in Croatia (Protić, 1998). RESULTS Copium teucrii teucrii (Host) has so far been record- Catoplatus fabricii (Stål, 1868) ed in Serbia at three localities. These specimens were col- Beograd: Avala, one female, 22.04.1984, coll. A. lected on Teucrium montanum L., in the galls produced Ćetković, inv. nr. 5213. by this species. The given records are important because Mt. Tara: Šljivovica, one female, 29.07.1988, coll. Lj. they are for now the only known localities where this Protić, inv. nr. 5212. species has been collected in Serbia and contribute to our understanding of the overall range of this species on the Copium teucrii teucrii (Host, 1788) Balkan Peninsula. Serbia occupies the central part of Jelašnička Klisura: 250-600 m, two males, three females, Balkan Peninsula, and no data on records of C. teucrii 02.08.1985, coll. M. Niketić, inv. nr. 5214. were known so far. On the Balkan Peninsula, this species Beljanica: 1300 m, one female, 03.08.1996, coll. M. is distributed along the Adriatic Coast, from Slovenia and Živković, inv. nr. 5218. Dalmatia to the Montenegrin Coast and Albania. It has Divčibare: 900 m, seven females, 01.08.1999, coll. O. also been found in Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Petrović, inv. nr. 5219. and Romania. Derephysia cristata (Panzer, 1806) The genus Copium in Serbia is also represented by Slankamen: Koševac, one female, 28.06.2003, coll. A. another species: C. clavicorne (Linnaeus, 1758). The first Stojanović, inv. nr. 5627. data on distribution of this species are from Horváth (1903), who cites three localities: Golubac [EQ44], Dictyla convergens (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835) Dobra [EQ74], and Niš [EN79]. These used to be the Lake Vlasina: one female, 15.06.1984, coll. Lj. Protić, only data for Serbia. However, the Heteroptera Study inv. nr. 5307. Collection of the Natural History Museum contains some specimens collected at the following localities in Serbia: DISCUSSION Deliblatski Pesak: Korn [EQ07], inv. nr. 5215; Deliblats- ki Pesak: Devojački Bunar [EQ07], inv. nr. 5595 and Up to now, C. fabricii (Stål) had been collected in 5609; and Šara: Ošljak [DM96], inv. nr. 5217. Serbia at only two localities: on the mountains Avala and Tara. It overwinters in the imago stage in moss. The first The record of Derephysia cristata (Panzer) in Serbia specimens are recorded on vegetation in April. They are at the Slankamen: Koševac locality represents the south- most numerous in May and June, when they are present ernmost point in the distribution of this species. This is a on flowers of the host plant Leucanthemum vulgare Euro-Siberian species. According to the latest data on Lamk. (Stehlik, 2002). It is known to be eurytopic and distribution of this species (Aukemaand Rieger, euryhygric, which is supported by our findings in Serbia. 1996) its range includes the following European coun- Avala is a mountain in Central Serbia whose highest tries: Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, point is at 511 m, while Tara is a mountain in Western Kazakhstan (European part), Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Serbia whose highest point is at 1544 m alt. The Šljivovi- Germany, Poland, Russia (European part), Slovakia, ca locality is at about 1000 m alt. and has mesophilous Sweden, and Ukraine. In Asia, it has been recorded in meadows. In Moravia (Stehlik, 2002), this species was Armenia, Kazakhstan (Asian part), and Russia (Western not recorded above 680 m alt. Our findings on Mt. Tara Siberia). Several species from the genus Artemisia have PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com NEW RECORDS OF HETEROPTERA FROM SERBIA 149 been cited as host plants. The specimen from Serbia was By Lake Vlasina, it was collected at quite a high altitude, collected on Artemisia campestris L. The Slankamen: about 1200 m. The habitat was a wetland meadow where Koševac locality is situated in Srem, on a loess plain one of the plant species was Myosotis palustris (L.), the along the Danube. It overwinters in the imago stage or characteristic plant for this species. In Bulgaria it was larval stage V and can be found in colonies of the ant recorded at the Blagoevgrad locality [FM75]. In the col- Lasius brunneus Latr. lection of Nikola Kormilev, which is deposited in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade, there is a sub- Dictyla convergens (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835) was macropterous form of female, which was collected by collected at only one locality: Lake Vlasina. This species Kormilev on April 24th, 1932 in Macedonia: Skopje is distributed in Europe in the zone of deciduous forests. [EM34]. Péricart(1983) mentioned only the macrop- Fig. 1. Map showing the sites of finding of tingid species new for Serbia: 1 - Catoplatus fabricii (Stål); 2 - Copium teucrii teu- crii (Host); 3 - Derephysia cristata (Panzer); 4 - Dictyla convergens (Herrich-Schaeffer). PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com 150 LJILJANA PROTIĆ terous form in the key for this species. Records of D. con- de France 69, Paris. vergens on the Balkan Peninsula represent the southern- Protić, Lj. (1993/1994). Check list of the Heteroptera fauna of Yugoslav most points in the distribution of this species. countries. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belgrade (B) 48, 33-61, Belgrade. Acknowledgements. I am grateful to Aleksandar Stojanović, entomologist-conser- vator with the Natural History Museum in Belgrade, who drew the map and col- Protić, Lj. (1998). Catalogue of the Heteroptera fauna of Yugoslav lected the material treated herein. countries. Part one. Natural History Museum, Belgrade. Special issue 38, 1-215, Belgrade. REFERENCES Protić, Lj. (2004). Additions and corrections to the Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palearctic Region. Insecta, Heteroptera: Aukema, B., Rieger, Ch. (1996). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Tingidae of the Balkan Peninsula. Acta Entomologica Slovenica Palearctic Region.
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